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I have not read most of this thread, so forgive me if this was brought up, but I agree that this idea has many merits but also doesn't quite fit. If there is going to be a hp range for these effects to work then maybe extend that idea so if a target is bloodied then lesser effect (a medusa's...

The ranger who absolutely hates waste, and so he must retrieve each and every arrow he fires... immediately after he fires it.

magic missile is too easy, swap it with grease or maybe light or alarm and now you're talking.

I see you have wood, I have sheep and bricks, maybe we can make a deal?

I would like to propose a RIFTS version of this game. The situations would be a little less mundane, but I think the spirit is there The crazy: that has extreme OCD, he has to gather up each and every shell casing on the battlefield IMMEDIATLY The juicer: who's drug pack is malfunctioning and...

I hate pampering players, but I have always found that having players get captured sucks far worse. However, last weekend my players did not pick up on some obvious clues in our western campaign and walked right into a trap: they were captured by rival opium dealers and escape was pretty much...

Hey Water Bob, congradulations on an awesome post, I tried to be the first person to give you some exp for it, but it said I have to spread it around first, and that makes you the first person I have ever given that much exp to.

I agree that all of this material would be great to stick in the DMG to help DM's make their own worlds (great idea), but I do not agree that world creation should be default. DM's, especially of games that are just released, have a lot of work to do outside of the table. Requiring them to...

I'm sorry but I had to speak up because it seems everyone here has been terribly misinformed. The real origins of this style of magic comes from the movie Ghostbusters. Gygax was a huge Bill Murray fan, and loved his "Peter Venkman" character in the movie. He especially found the beams from...

The home system I ran for a couple years was % based and hovered around 50 - 60% chance of success on most attacks, but the better you hit by the more damage you did, so if you rolled a 1 (rolling lower was better) you could do 4 or 5 times average damage. After playing this way for a couple...

I recall playing an adventure back in the day (probly dragon mountain) where we got ambushed by several kobolds who beat us up pretty bad. They had gauntlets of ogre power so their strength was like 22. We finally killed them and went to take their stuff... but the gauntlets were sized for...

gotcha, thanks. Saw it popping up here and there (can't remember) awhile back and thought it might be getting popular... guess not.

This is a tough one, because I am a fervent defender of DM's that don't baby their players, but challenge them instead... but in this case particular case, as you described it, I think your players had a bit of a point. The guy is a local hero, so it seems to me like the sheriff might have...

I'm working on something to self publish and I would like to use the term 'fantisorical' to describe it, but I'm concerned that this term is still a little too new for most people to recognize it. Basically the meaning of 'fantisorical' is something that blends fantasy with historical...

Very true, but I have to say if given a choice between a system like the OP describes and the current negative HP-death save system I would much prefer the bloodied thing (though not sure I agree with the amount of bonuses he describes). I don't feel like negative hp and death save stuff adds...

Was I the only one that has been referring to this a "Vanican" magic for the last umpteen years? Boy is my face red

You made this "while messing around"? I'd love to see what you can do when you really put your mind to something.

My wife has assured me on several occasions that size really isn't a big deal, like at all, so don't worry about it you know.

I am the operator of my families 3rd generation business... let me assure you this problem is not given to us by D&D, it's given to us by real life.

They probly didn't know to bring a 10 foot pole